Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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Ar. 200 - 3
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Obverse:
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Ar. 200 - 4
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Image Number:
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JRL0909370dc
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Image Title:
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Arabic tales
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Subject:
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Literature
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Subject:
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Tales
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Subject:
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Poetry
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Description:
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Literature a story about Abu Nuwas, the most famous Arabic poet of the 'Abbasid period (d. 813/815) and Hammad 'Ajrad, an Arab satirical poet of the 'Abbasid period as well (d. 8th century).
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People covered:
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Hammad 'Ajrad (d. 8th century)
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People covered:
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Abu Nuwas (d. 813-815)
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Language:
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Arabic
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Script:
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Arabic
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Support material:
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Paper
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Folio:
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2 / 3 leaves, recto
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink (black and red)
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Notes:
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The pages are torn at their bottom half and left margins. At least 8 lines were left. Words that begin the narrative, such as wa-hukiya or the various conjugations of the verb qala are either underlined with red ink or written in red ink. Red dots are used to mark the beginning and the ending of poem verses.
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Moses Gaster
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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Image sequence number:
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PAR00200-3
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
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Date image captured:
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2009-02-02
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Date: added:
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2009-11
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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